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Every single one of you helped us make Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month a huge success. Our goal was to reach ONE MILLION teens and young adults—we reached that goal and then some!

Here are some highlights from the month:

President Obama once again officially proclaimed February to be Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month!

Loveisrespect’s very own National Youth Advisory Board went to the White House to attend an event hosted by the 1 is 2 Many campaign to commemorate Teen DV Month. Vice President Joe Biden was one of many speakers that day.

On Facebook alone, over 24,000 people were invited to #WearOrange For Respect on February 11^th.

Our new friends over at Alpha Chi Omega held their Healthy Relationships Week during Respect Week and made a great presentation to promote it.

Beverly and Sara, share what it was like to go to the White House and be part of an event marking Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month:

Today I had the opportunity to attend a White House event highlighting Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month.

In one word: Awesome.

High school students, college students, advocates and teachers came together to hear from a number of prominent figures including Vice President Biden.

During the event, the organization Men Can Stop Rape introduced an interesting exercise to consider different aspects of dating and to what extent members of the audience thought the behavior was harmful to a relationship.

My favorite scenario was about using social media sites such as Facebook to find out what your partner is doing when they’re not with you. Some students thought that kind of behavior was harmful because it suggested a lack of trust, while others found that it was okay as long as you weren’t intending to control your partner’s whereabouts.

It highlighted for me just how complicated social media can be: it’s a great way to connect, but sometimes it allows people to be too connected!

The loveisrespect National Youth Advisory Board (NYAB) is hosting Respect Week to get YOU involved in this February’s Teen Dating Violence (DV) Awareness Prevention Month. Don’t miss the chance to part of a million-strong movement:

Wear Orange February 11

Wear something (shirts, nail polish, jewelry, shoes, ribbons, hair ties, braces or anything else you can think of) orange in honor of teenDVmonth. And don’t just wear it, talk about it! Tell everyone why you are wearing orange. Try saying something like: “I’m wearing orange today to promote respect and healthy relationships!”